Schools should teach history and legacy of empire and the slavery: Corbyn

In a visit to Bristol this week Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said schools should teach children about colonialism, slavery and the legacy of the British empire, and give greater weight to the “immense contribution” black Britons have made. He also unveiled plans for an Emancipation Educational Trust, which would educate future generations about the impact of slavery and “tell the story of how slavery interrupted a rich African and black history”. Local civil rights activist Paul Stephenson, who played a central role in the Bristol bus boycott in 1963, should be as well known to British schoolchildren as Rosa Parks.  Read more here and two opinion pieces  here (“Corbyn’s right”) and here (“Thank you, Jeremy Corbyn – what you said about colonialism was spot on.”).